Tire-case.



PATENTBD MAY 21, 1907.

F. B HOPEWELL TIRE CASE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED APB.27, 1906.

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FRANK B. HOPEWELL, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.-

TIRE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

, Application filed April 27. 1906. Serial No. 313,961.

To all whom it may concern:

he Be it known that I, FRANK B. HOPEWELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Newton, countyof Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Im rovement in Tire-Cases, of which the fol owing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like let'- ters on the drawings representing like parts.-

This invention has for its object the production of a novel tire case for enveloping and protecting a spare tire, such as used on automobiles.

Herein the tire case is of such width that it twice-overlaps the tread face and one side of the s are'tire, and the opposite edges of the case ave each a pocket that receives acord, the ends of the cord being exposed that they may be engaged and drawn upon, and when fastened will maintain .the edges of the case in a smaller circle than the circle occu ied by the tread facev of the tire which the tire case is to cover. The cord may be of any strong resent a tire and B its usual flexible material as cord, or wire cord. prefer to employ with the cord in the outermost pocket asnub device to hold the cord in place after it has been subjected to strain to pucker in or contract the outer edge of the tire case.

Figure 1 in side elevation re resents a tire caseco'ntaining a spare tire; ig. 2 is a top view thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section thereof on a form re resenting typically a tire; Fig. 4 is a detail to be re ferred to, and Fig. 5 shows a binder with a snub device.

In the drawing, A will besupposed to re older. T e tire case, of any suitable material, preferably water .proof or water repellent material, is shown as composed of several piecesof materialdesignated a, b, c, d,'e, united to form a strip of the proper length, accordingto the circumference of the tread of the tire A shown I and one side thereof. One edge of the strip,

has a pocket 6 rovided with a cord m, while theopposite e ge has a pocket 7 provided with a cord n.

in outline, and of a width to inclose the tire, and overlap twice the tread face of the tire Having provided the pockets with suitable strong flexible cordfm, n, or their recognized equivalents, I lay the part. b of the strip onthe. tread face of the tire A carrying the edge of thejcafs'e having the pocket 6 providedwith the cord m down along the side3 of the tire face of the tire. subjected to such strain as to fit the pocketed ends tied, after which it will securely hold the Y edge ofthe case having the pocket 6 in a circle offismaller radius than the circle occupied -by the tread face t ofthe tire, and it will be understood that thereafter as long as the cord isunbroken, any amount of strain may be put on the tire case in the direction of the arrow without causing the pocketed edge to travel toward the tread face of the tire, as will be understood.

Having secured the end of the cord min the pocket/6 in the position shown in Fi 3, I draw the tire case down over the si e 4 of the tire, through the central opening of the tire, across the usual support B, if employed, upwardly overthe side 3 ofthe tire, over the edge of the case having the pocket 6 and taut'cord'm, and across that art of the tire-case overlapping the tread the depth of the tire at its tread face, and

between said point and the side 4 of the tire.

After this the cord n will be subjected to such strain as. to draw theedge of'the .case having the pocket '7 into a circle of smaller radius than the circle occupied by the tread When the cordvn has been edge 7 closely to. the underlying part of the tire case, I have shown a snub device 1' as connected with one" end of the binder n, and

the opposite end is led under the snub device, and out throu h a hole 1'" therein, and by pulling on the the snub device, the cord may be drawn taut in the pocket 7 and when all the slack is takenup the cord may be led into the, notch 10 thence behind the snub device 'andi'nto;

the top notch .12;

ee end of the cord 11 outside I have shown the tire case opposite point Where the cord is connected. as provided with a flap 0 havingrasocketp to engage a stud 5 on the underlying portion 0 of the tire case said flap-:servlnglas acover'for the fastening member. It will bGL IIOtlO'Bd that. the tirecase is ring-shaped or made as a rin that is,f-without arr-end I Flaving fullydescribed-rnv invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A11 annular tire case composed of ma: terial having at each edge a longitudinal pocket, and a cord in each pocket to retain the pocketed edges of the case in a circle smaller than the circle defining the circumferenceof the tire. I

2. An annular tire case composed of material having at one edge a longitudinal pocket and adaptedto overlap a tire, said pocket being provided with a cord ada ted to bedrawn to contract the diameter 0 the edge of the cover that it may fit the tire.

An annular tire case composed of material having at both edges a longitudinal pocket and cords in said pockets strain on said cords contracting said edges as described.

4. An annular tire case composed of material having at one ed e a longitudinal pocket, a cord in said pociet, and means to hold the cord in its stretched position after.

having been strained to pucker the edge of the case into its smaller circle. I

"5. An annular tire case composed of material having at one edge a: longitudinal ocket, a cord in said pocket, and means to hold the ends of said cord in position after the vcord has been strained to ucker the edge of the case into a smaller circ e.

6. A tire case composed of material having at one edge a longitudinal in said ocket, means to ho d the ends of said, cor in position after the cord has been strained to pucker the edge of the case into a smaller circle, and a flap to cover the united ends of the cord. 7

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK B. HOPILW ELL Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY,

MARGARET A. DUNN.

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